Flathead Youngin'
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I posted this over on the HAMB and being that I like to talk tools, I thought I'd post it here too.....I'll post the pics here too......
EDIT:since i've been going through my sockets and ratchets, i've realized how many duplicates i have and how many sizes i'm actually missing.......i've been putting the extras in a box.....being that i have been buying my sockets at swap meets and flea markets, my sockets are of the Heinz 57 variety....sometimes I wish they were all the same but I guess as long as they are all good quality, it doesnt' really matter much...
I love my hand tools, I really do. Some are top quality and some are cheap. I mainly buy all of my tools at swap meets and flea markets. I buy used better brand tools for what most would pay for cheaper tools. Some of mine used to belong to other family members, some of the brand named have stories to go with them....
We've all heard of the usual ones; Craftsman, Snap-On, MAC, SK, Kobalt, Cornwell, etc. But what about those OLD companies that are probably no longer with us in some capacity. I have some Wizard, Milwaukee, etc.
What do you have? What stories surround some of your favorite tools?
Grandpa always has an old 11/16 wrench that he keeps on his tractor. Every time he picks it up, he tells the story about how he came home from the war, was working on an old flathead and NO ONE in his small town had an 11/16 wrench or socket. He called around to a couple of neighboring towns and a little hardware store had just gotten two Wizard 11/16 combination wrenches in. I think he said it was $3 (which he claims was quite a bit for a wrench in the 40's). He managed to scrape up enought to buy both of them but when he got there the clerk wouldn't sell him both....said something about someone else might need it. That kind of sounds weird but maybe everyone wasn't out to make a buck back then, huh?
I'll go snap some pics in a second....
EDIT:since i've been going through my sockets and ratchets, i've realized how many duplicates i have and how many sizes i'm actually missing.......i've been putting the extras in a box.....being that i have been buying my sockets at swap meets and flea markets, my sockets are of the Heinz 57 variety....sometimes I wish they were all the same but I guess as long as they are all good quality, it doesnt' really matter much...
I love my hand tools, I really do. Some are top quality and some are cheap. I mainly buy all of my tools at swap meets and flea markets. I buy used better brand tools for what most would pay for cheaper tools. Some of mine used to belong to other family members, some of the brand named have stories to go with them....
We've all heard of the usual ones; Craftsman, Snap-On, MAC, SK, Kobalt, Cornwell, etc. But what about those OLD companies that are probably no longer with us in some capacity. I have some Wizard, Milwaukee, etc.
What do you have? What stories surround some of your favorite tools?
Grandpa always has an old 11/16 wrench that he keeps on his tractor. Every time he picks it up, he tells the story about how he came home from the war, was working on an old flathead and NO ONE in his small town had an 11/16 wrench or socket. He called around to a couple of neighboring towns and a little hardware store had just gotten two Wizard 11/16 combination wrenches in. I think he said it was $3 (which he claims was quite a bit for a wrench in the 40's). He managed to scrape up enought to buy both of them but when he got there the clerk wouldn't sell him both....said something about someone else might need it. That kind of sounds weird but maybe everyone wasn't out to make a buck back then, huh?
I'll go snap some pics in a second....
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